Show #9185 - Friday, October 18, 2024

Contestants

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Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts

Kyle Compton-Troesch, a civil engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio

Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $52,802)

Jeopardy! Round

PEAK EXPERIENCES
LIGHTER VERSE
SOCCER IN THE USA
EXERCISING
TOO LITTLE
"OO" LATE
(Ken: Responses end with a double "O".)
    $200 22
The name of this mountain that straddles the Switzerland & Italy border comes from German words for "meadow" & "peak"
    $200 21
Serious poet W.H. Auden's anthology of light verse includes "the old woman who lived" here, but she buys a coffin for her "many children"
    $200 30
The name of this Los Angeles MLS team refers to all the stars & celebrities found there
    $200 25
This exercise, where you lie on your stomach with your arms outstretched, is named for how it resembles a flying red-caped hero
    $200 29
Too little of this is why home cooking is often bland compared with restaurant food--try the Maldon type & feel like a chef
    $200 27
We're not sure how many words the Inuit have for snow, but the hard type used to build this is pukaangajuq
    $400 10
Shrines devoted to Konohana-Sakuya Hime, a Shinto goddess, dot the trails of this 12,388-foot volcano
    $400 20
"'Mister!' he said with a sawdusty sneeze, 'I am"' this title character, "'I speak for the trees'"
    $400 19
He's the part owner of Inter Miami CF, seen here
    $400 24
Lie on your backs & raise your hips off the floor in this structurally-named exercise
    $400 28
From 1949 to 1957 the U.S. went through this climate event worse in some states than the one 20 years earlier
    $400 26
In "The Marriage of Figaro", the countess & her maid Susanna pretend to be one another--the ol' this
    $600 9
The American Alpine Institute says that Kahiltna Glacier on this mountain has "some of the widest temperature swings on the planet"
    $600 18
Ogden Nash wrote that this Scottish poet, that "gifted souse, kindly immortalized the louse"
    $600 3
One of the USA's premier soccer complexes & home to the NWSL's Courage, Wakemed Soccer Park is in Wake County in this state
    $600 4
One way to get your summer 6-pack on is to brace your abs & throw & catch one of these heavy exercise balls
    $600 13
Hypoglycemia, too little blood sugar, is caused by having too much of this hormone
    $600 12
Flamboyant advertising, or to publicize in a showy way
    DD: $1,000 1
The Rongai Route passes by the Mawenzi Peak before hitting Uhuru Peak on this mountain
    $800 16
"We'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, for the children, they mark, and the children, they know, the place where" this "Ends"
    $800 11
The U.S. women's team won 2008 & 2012 Olympic gold & the 2015 World Cup behind, or in front of, the play of this goalkeeper
    $800 14
A Chicago Tribune article called this French-named urban sport "skateboarding but without a skateboard"
    $800 8
5-word phrase before "to Ride" for many sad too-little kids; it's the title of a documentary about R.I.'s famed Rocky Point Park
    $800 6
Another word for a cowboy, or a somewhat dismissive way to address a guy
    $1000 2
Mount Corno in central Italy is the highest peak in this range
    $1000 17
This Victorian nonsense poet wrote, "the wandering dong through the forest goes!... the dong with a luminous nose!"
    $1000 15
In 2024 a poor showing in this quadrennial Spanish-named tournament cost the U.S. men's national team coach his job
    $1000 23
This martial art that involves slow & gentle movements translates to "extreme & limit" in Chinese
    $1000 7
When the rebels ran out of ammo & fled, the Redcoats were victorious at this June 1775 Boston battle, but at a heavy cost
    $1000 5
1940s movie star Veronica Lake was known for her hairstyle, dubbed this

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Rishabh Kyle Kelly
$5,800 $600 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rishabh Kyle Kelly
$6,400 $3,800 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY PHOTOS
TWINNING
12-LETTER WORDS
BIOLOGY
CHOREOGRAPHERS
A BIT OF CULTURE SHARK
    $400 18
Zut alors! Look at zis thing they're building now--imbeciles, nothing's wrong with the Champ de Mars the way it is
    $400 27
In his memoir John Stamos said this pair allowed him to "consider fatherhood"
    $400 25
Once used for someone opposed to the slave trade, it can now mean an opposer of capital punishment
    $400 28
It's the branch of biology that studies heredity & the passing on of characteristics
    $400 30
Pearl Primus was often inspired by Black folk material, as in a dance set to this spiritual about Michael & his vessel
    $400 1
A quote from this film: "So, 1,100 men went in the water, 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945"
    $800 17
Chilkoot Pass between Alaska & British Columbia was a hazard to be surmounted by those hurrying to this 1890s event
    $800 26
It's the last name of twin Texan politicians Julián & Joaquin
    $800 24
To remove the active stimulant from coffee or even tea
    DD: $4,000 13
Similar to phototropism, it's the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves specifically towards the Sun
    $800 29
Choreographed by Agnes de Mille, this 1942 work with episodes like "Corral Nocturne" brought tap to ballet
    $800 5
Ian Ziering first dealt with this, dare we say, unusual weather phenomenon in 2013 but it would not be Ian's last time in the storm
    $1200 3
Mathew Brady photographed this hero of the Mexican War turned president around the time of his inauguration
    $1200 23
This tycoon was a father of twins & his grandkids Phoebe & George Randolph were also twins
    $1200 15
This noun can mean recognizing & valuing another's actions & qualities, or a rise in something's value over time
    $1200 7
Deglutition is the act or process of doing this
    $1200 21
Andy Blankenbuehler won Tony Awards for choreographing "Hamilton" & this earlier Lin-Manuel Miranda show
    $1200 6
Blondie's debut album featured the song "A Shark In Jet's Clothing", a reference to this stage show
    $1600 2
Robert Louis Stevenson is seen with his household in the Pacific area he called by this alliterative term in a posthumous title
    DD: $4,000 19
Automakers & adorable twinsies Francis & Freelan made cars in the early 20th century known by this alliterative name
    $1600 10
The California Highway Patrol says lane splitting by this person is legal
    $1600 8
Hormones, especially during puberty, cause these glands to produce more oil, which leads to clogged pores & acne
    $1600 16
He had no dance training but created the memorable dance numbers in such films as "Dames" & "42nd Street"
    $1600 11
Bryan Gaw was the amusingly improvisational "Left Shark" during the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show of this singer
    $2000 4
The Crimean War gave us the Valley of Death in a poem & this cannonball-strewn image with a longer title from Psalm 23
    $2000 20
It's the last name of twin playwrights Anthony & Peter; Anthony wrote "Sleuth" & Peter, "Amadeus"
    $2000 14
Named for colorful hosiery, it's an old-fashioned term for a female writer
    $2000 9
A peptide is a short chain of 2 to 50 of these; proteins are made up of 50 or more
    $2000 22
"Helen of Troy" for American Ballet Theatre was the last work of this Russian-born "Firebird" choreographer
    $2000 12
In this 2018 film, Jason Statham went fishing after a prehistoric shark that is said to be up to 60 feet long in real life

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rishabh Kyle Kelly
$11,600 $5,800 $13,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY GEOGRAPHY
A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real "old-money" & "nouveau riche" settings in this novel

Final scores:

Rishabh Kyle Kelly
$23,200 $11,400 $23,201
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $23,201

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Rishabh Kyle Kelly
$11,400 $5,800 $14,000
15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 13 R,
2 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $31,200

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Game tape date: 2024-09-16
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